Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Discharged and acquitted by an Abuja High Court over bribery allegation, the kinsmen of Johnson Oghuma, the lawmaker representing Estako Federal Constituency, Edo State, in the House of Representatives have pointedly accused a well known Politician in Edo State of being behind his […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As insecurity escalated in Benin City, Edo State, on Friday consequent upon raging cult war and banditry, an Area Commander and two other senior police officers have become the latest victims of the rampaging armed gangs as they were shot in the early […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Governor promises value for citizens’ taxes. But for the prompt intervention by eagle-eye men of the Department of State Security, DSS, who rose to the occasion, an ugly scene that would have disrupted the swearing-in ceremony of Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Full Text OF Inauguration Speech By Mr. Godwin N. Obaseki, Gov. Of Edo State, On The Occasion Of His Swearing In For A Second Term In Office On Thursday November 12, 2020 “CONSOLIDATING PROGRESS” PROTOCOL That I can stand before you today as […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Frederick Shaibu, younger brother of Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, was on Wednesday set free by his abductors. Recall that the younger Shaibu was kidnapped on Monday by gunmen while driving his kids to school in Irhirhi, in the outskirts of Benin. […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In the absence of the police to call or report to, some residents of Benin, Edo State capital, may have resorted to serving jungle justice on suspected armed robbers. On Monday alone, over 12 cases of carjacking were reportedly recorded in various parts […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Edo State is mourning the death of one of its illustrious sons and a prominent and flamboyant Benin traditional chief, Eduwu Ekhator Obasogie, the Obasogie of Benin Kingdom. The Obasogie, a septuagenarian, reportedly slumped Sunday night at his residence and did not recover. […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow An 11-year-old boy caught dressed in police uniform with the rank of a sergeant has been arrested in Benin by men of the Edo State police command and would soon be arraigned at a juvenile court. The boy whose name was not given, […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Though the candidate of the main opposition party in the just concluded Edo State governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu had foreclosed challenging the victory of incumbent governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Godwin Obaseki, at the state Election Petitions Tribunal sitting […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A yet-to-be-identified supporter of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State is feared dead after a wild jubilation over the governor’s victory at Ugbekun Primary School turned tragic. The overjoyed young man was said to have fallen from a […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Determined to provide water-tight security in the 2,627 polling booths across Edo State during Saturday’s governorship election, no fewer than three policemen, supported by officials of other security agencies, would man each polling unit. This was disclosed on Wednesday in Benin by the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State on Tuesday engaged in a final show of political strength in the countdown to Saturday’s governorship election in the state with governors of the party across the country storming Benin City, the state capital for […] More
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